The Head of space environment at the British National Space Agency told The Scotsman yesterday that the US Space Guard project will have identified almost all the most dangerous "Near Earth Objects" by 2008 and scientists had already demonstrated … [Read more...] about Saved by NASA
Archives for November 2005
Don’t Cut Trees in Queensland
Ian Mott, a contributor to this blog, has noted in a comment at an earlier post that: The Queensland Cabinet is currently considering "phasing out" private native forestry on freehold land. And for all the families that have not only protected … [Read more...] about Don’t Cut Trees in Queensland
Kyoto Fuels Forest Fires
I thought it was cattle and cane that was driving the destruction of rainforests in the Brazilian Amazon, but according to an article in New Scientist titled Forests paying the price for biofuels by Fred Pearce, it is soybean grown for … [Read more...] about Kyoto Fuels Forest Fires
Saving the Environment: What Individual Australians Can Do
I am no Sandra Sully, but I did try and read with expression on ABC radio national's Ockham's Razor on Sunday. Hosted by Robyn Williams I got the spot after complaining to Williams about Jared Diamond hogging a whole hour of 'The Science Show' some … [Read more...] about Saving the Environment: What Individual Australians Can Do
Catholic Church Believes in Global Warming
If there was ever a good reason to be skeptical, it is surely when catholic bishops and government scientists start preaching from the same poster! Following is the announcement from the catholic climate change conference: Catholic leaders warn … [Read more...] about Catholic Church Believes in Global Warming
Misleading Reporting on GM
The Courier Mail has published a piece by me today titled Let's be smart on genetic crops. I suggested the article to the opinion editor at the newspaper after the front page story on Friday titled Genetic food plan axed. What surprised me about … [Read more...] about Misleading Reporting on GM
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
